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Topic: Midnight Crab Opener - 11/4/17  (Read 3275 times)

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Midnight Crab Opener - it's a tradition.

What an incredible evening on the water! No wind. Mild ocean. Mild temps. Wow!

Jumbos right off the bat. Ideal conditions persisted.

Bite died off a bit. Headed home at 2AM with 4 jumbos out of 12 legals landed - 5th jumbo jumped ship...

Fantastic opener - absolutely stellar!  :smt001
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Nice! Hope I'll get some today.
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Nice work. 


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Wow, that's brave and wild.....no night yakkin' for me......
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Awesome job brother,
After 2 visits this year, I'm playing it safe and waiting for good conditions. Wind is still blowing a bit, I'll go if it calms a little otherwise I'll go another day.

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Great to see you continuing the tradition,


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Nice haul  :smt007. Thanks for sharing your tradition with us Eric.
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Right on Eric. I'll need to join you on one of those outings to share in the tradition. Way to get them.
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You have way to much fun!


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Congrats! That s awesome to hear!
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Easy picking in the morning too.  2 rings and limit of crab in less than hour .  All crab were 7" or better except 3 that were just under 7.
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nice report got to love traditions :smt001


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Nice work, Eric.  I've been sick the last few weeks, but going to go give it a go this weekend.